Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Essentials): Vinyl LP Blue Note but as music to be

but as music to be played in his style

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This is one of the very best small-group records Ellington ever made — a perfectly integrated set of music that truly swings the blues

but nothing could be further from the truth

Maiden Voyage (Blue Note Essentials): Vinyl LP Blue Note but as music to beEven by the high water marks set by Herbie Hancocks tremendous 1960s Blue Note output, 1965s Maiden Voyage remains one of the pinnacle artistic achievements of the great pianists career. Hancock is joined here by his Miles Davis Quintet bandmates Ron Carter on bass and Tony Williams on drums, along with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and George Coleman on tenor saxophone. The quintet embarks on an oceanic exploration of five original Hancock compositions,